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Syracuse football: Five numbers of note from the Orange's loss at Florida State

Kermit Whitfield 11-16-13

Florida State freshman Kermit Whitfield's 74-yard touchdown rush in the first quarter was the longest ground gain surrendered by Syracuse all season. The previous high was 50 yards.
(AP Photo | Phil Sears)

Yards per play for Florida State in the first half. The Seminoles bolted to a 38-0 edge while piling up 374 yards on just 32 snaps before the break.

Florida State’s work on its first three drives was particularly devastating to the Syracuse defense. The Orange allowed 230 yards on 13 plays, which comes out to 17.69 yards per play.

68

Total yards for Syracuse in the first half. The Orange mustered 5 yards on 18 rushes, while Terrel Hunt was 8-for-12 for 63 yards through the air.

The first step toward sticking around with the Seminoles was to get off to at least a decent start, namely by having a couple extended possessions. Instead, the Orange had only four first downs before the break.

73

Yard touchdown run for Florida State’s Kermit Whitfield, the longest rush allowed all season by Syracuse. Whitfield busted his long run on the first (and only) play of the Seminoles’ second possession.

The previous long run allowed by Syracuse was backup Georgia Tech quarterback Justin Thomas’ 50-yard scoring scamper in the second half of a 56-0 Yellow Jackets victory on Oct. 19. Florida State's Karlos Williams later added a 56-yard run for the Seminoles.

132:03

Amount of game time Syracuse went without allowing a touchdown. The Orange’s streak, which began with 9:32 left in the fourth quarter of the loss at Georgia Tech, ended when Florida State completed its first possession with a touchdown just 2 minutes, 31 seconds into the game.

The Orange had kept both Wake Forest and Maryland out of the end zone the previous two weeks. However, the Seminoles scored touchdowns on their first five possessions to bury that bit of Syracuse dominance.